[The Current Issues of Crime Victim Support from a Clinical Point of View].

Abstract

This paper reviews part of an educational lecture at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Jap- anese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN), under the identical title by the author. First, current victim support and treatment for victims at psychiatric services in Japan are reviewed. Second, introducing a case report of a rape victim diagnosed as PTSD, comments are made on symptoms, such as avoidance and emotional numbing as part of dissociation. It is common for clinicians, even for patients themselves, to fail to notice these symptoms. How to detect and treat these covert symptoms appropriately are discussed.